LDRLB

JUNE 30, 2011

I recently wrote two posts criticizing strategic planning. Consider this quote: “Executive summaries of requests for decisions are useful tools to consolidate our thinking, but they are not an end in themselves, intended to replace the substantive analysis that normally accompanies such high level summaries.

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Leading Blog

DECEMBER 28, 2022

One-on-one coaching (or executive coaching) is tricky territory. She facilitates strategic planning and executive coaching for clients in diverse industries, in governments, at non-profits, and in academia. Some folks who want to share advice or questions for us to ponder don’t have our best interests at heart.

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In the CEO Afterlife

JUNE 26, 2011

Should the Strategic Plan Rest in Peace? At one time, business executives believed that strategic planning was the answer to all of their problems. Today, many are questioning the strategic plan’s usefulness. Involvement of Strategic Planning Consultants. In the CEO Afterlife.

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HR Digest

NOVEMBER 26, 2023

Image credit – Freepik Benefits of Having HR as a Strategic Partner HR as a strategic partner can mean many different things for an organization according to the area it invests the resources in. Strategic HR can attract top talent, ensuring the organization has the right people in key positions.

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N2Growth Blog

JUNE 16, 2019

in 2001, I worked for a boutique strategy consulting firm out of Princeton, NJ that developed and delivered high-cost elaborate strategic plans. The client would outwardly applaud the mountain-sized strategic planning document full of analysis, logic, and recommendations. Before starting Walton Consulting, Inc.

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HR Digest

OCTOBER 15, 2023

Human resources cover a vast assortment of responsibilities, and while sometimes you need an expert, other times you need someone who can do it all—that’s where an HR generalist comes in. The educational qualifications for an HR generalist are pretty straightforward, similar to that of any human resource position.

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HR Digest

MAY 25, 2023

HR digital transformation involves using data to guide every aspect of human resources, from payroll to benefits to performance management, to learning and development, to rewards and recognition. The use of digital HR streamlines management workflows for human resource professionals. Increase employee satisfaction.

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In the CEO Afterlife

JUNE 4, 2012

I’ve met both over my long career as an executive, a consultant, and a board member. Strategists and Strategic Planners may read the same periodicals and have similar destinations in mind, but there is a difference between the two. Strategic Planners, at the outset, are disadvantaged by the definition of their role.

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HR Digest

MARCH 22, 2022

It is an important goal of any human resources (HR) professional to create a sustainable culture that can align the company’s vision with that of the employees. Any professional in the HR industry needs to understand the company’s current culture and develop a strategic plan aligned with its values and goals.

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Eric Jacobson

JANUARY 19, 2023

She facilitates strategic planning and executive coaching for clients in diverse industries, in governments, at non-profits, and in academia. She has 18 years of collegiate teaching experience at three universities.

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Strategy Driven

APRIL 3, 2014

Crafting and writing a branded healthcare executive resume, that differs from the traditional medical resume, can make a significant difference in your executive job search results and improve the opportunities to land that next-level position in pharmaceutical, biotech and medical device industries.

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In the CEO Afterlife

OCTOBER 23, 2011

by John • October 23, 2011 • Human Resources , Leadership , Marketing , Strategy • 4 Comments. Consider these basic strategic questions: What business are we in? I’ve posed these questions to hundreds of senior executives. You’d think I’d get similar answers from the executives who work in the same company.

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Change Starts Here

JUNE 6, 2013

Human Resources. As the designated “people people” in most organizations, human resources professionals are often seen as responsible for organizational features like culture, employee satisfaction, and employee performance. Strategic Planning. To have any affect on results, the strategy must be executed.

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Lead Change Blog

JANUARY 21, 2015

Clearly the next item on the agenda for the executive leadership team would be damage control. We have a strategic plan for every person affected by this organizational integration. These decisions have been made with the aid of business consultants, human resource experts, and strategic advisers.

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In the CEO Afterlife

DECEMBER 31, 2011

The Nuts and Bolts of the Strategic Plan [link]. Strategic Plans have to start with deep strategic thought and the right conviction. All I’m saying is that there’s another hip and a good candidate for the graft would be a senior HR executive. Is There a CEO Afterlife?

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N2Growth Blog

FEBRUARY 4, 2015

A move toward the Advantage Strategy Paradigm begins with the adoption and commitment to a set of principles that guides all executives in the decisions and actions they take related to developing, planning, and executing strategy. Collaborative and Co-created.

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Strategy Driven

JUNE 1, 2018

Businesses spend so much time on momentary pieces of their puzzles that they neglect long-term Strategic Planning and miss potential successes. Costs of band aid surgery and make-good work cost six times that of planning for business on the front end. Banking, insurance benefits, human resources, etc. Researchers.

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Chartered Management Institute

NOVEMBER 15, 2023

How can we strategically plan for sustainable development, formulate education and development plans, and prepare the workforce in advance? The meeting opened with a welcome message from Dr Ann Francke OBE, chief executive of CMI. What skills should we pursue to suit our future needs? Like this article? Why not share it.

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Women on Business

JANUARY 11, 2011

In this fast paced business environment, people are just too busy to seek you out so you need to strategically plan how to create your visibility, how best to communicate your value proposition and to whom. Without this GPS or strategic plan, you are quite simply less likely to reach your career destination.

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Strategy Driven

NOVEMBER 6, 2015

Strategic Plan includes provisions for refinancing, equity and debt financing. Accounting firm utilization plan is annually updated, with realistic, measurable goals. Banking and investing plan is annually updated, with realistic, measurable goals. Assets are adequately valued and managed.

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Coaching Tip

SEPTEMBER 17, 2015

The chief human resources officer must take the lead in developing leadership programs, processes, and events to ensure that leaders are ready and effective. Highly effective leadership is needed throughout every organization, from the first-level managers to the CEO.

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Strategy Driven

FEBRUARY 6, 2015

The 1970′s brought the first wave of strategic planning. At the start of the decade, many executives viewed the quality process with indifference or fear. The quality audit by objective outside communications counsel can also examine the production, marketing and strategic planning functions.

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Strategy Driven

DECEMBER 5, 2014

Diversity is about so much more than human resources issues. This is a creative way of re-treading old knowledge to enable executives to master change rather than feel as they’re victims of it. We are a diverse population, and the same ways of communicating do not have desired effects anymore.

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Strategy Driven

FEBRUARY 6, 2011

StrategyDriven effective executives, efficient employees Home About The StrategyDriven Organization Our Company Our Contributors Karen K. Human Resources technology decisions are driven by a need to access information and report on it meaningfully. Juliano Howard T. Dickens Jr. Ives Sharon Drew Morgen Hank Moore Jamie P.

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Strategy Driven

FEBRUARY 3, 2011

StrategyDriven effective executives, efficient employees Home About The StrategyDriven Organization Our Company Our Contributors Karen K. and President of The Working Circle, a management consultancy providing organizational development, human resources, and team building training and coaching. Juliano Howard T. Dickens Jr.

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Strategy Driven

NOVEMBER 22, 2016

VP of Human Resources: “We should enter the Italian and German markets because we can get access to a large, diverse talent pool.”. You can get a copy of their goals or strategic plan. and an executive at Capital One and Scotts Miracle-Gro. Notice the hypothesis is the same every time.

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In the CEO Afterlife

JANUARY 30, 2012

They were winning, feeling confident, secure and staying the strategic course they’d developed, communicated and executed from day 1 of the season. Now compare that mentality to that of the 49er’s Jim Harbaugh or the Packer’s Mike McCarthy. Harbaugh and McCarthy were having great seasons.

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Strategy Driven

JULY 3, 2015

Employees and executives are rarely mentored on the people skills necessary to have a winning team. Outside of 'think tanks' for company executive committees, full-scope education does not occur. I conduct Executive Think Tanks for corporate management. Human Resources Oversees Training.

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Strategy Driven

OCTOBER 29, 2010

StrategyDriven effective executives, efficient employees Home About The StrategyDriven Organization Our Company Our Contributors Karen K. Give them roles in planning and executing projects. Share information about organizational goals and resources to enable staff to set realistic individual goals. Juliano Howard T.

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Strategy Driven

DECEMBER 7, 2012

Human resources development. Adopt a policy of strategic planning. Strategic goals and objectives must filter downward throughout all the organization. You just finished reading The Big Picture of Business: Goal Setting… An Important Part of Strategic Planning. ! Portfolio analysis. Cost containment.

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Strategy Driven

JULY 31, 2015

Take ownership of planning programs, rather than abdicate them to human resources or accounting people. This is a creative way of re-treading old knowledge to enable executives to master change rather than feel as they're victims of it. Predict the biggest crises that can beset your company.

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Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 15, 2017

The retailers left standing are those that figure out how to treat disruption as business-as-usual in an industry accustomed to slow, strategic planning. The Gap Between Strategy and Execution. Engage executives in continuous small sprints. Below, we explore each one, in turn: Empower mid-level teams.

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Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 25, 2018

HR professionals should employ leadership planning models to map a business’s long-term strategic plan to the leaders it will need to implement that plan. And when HR executives use their digital savviness to advance their companies, they often move up themselves as a result.

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Skills Survey Technology Strategic Planning 13

Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 26, 2015

Companies in industrial businesses had to drive costs down and execution up and create foolproof processes to ensure quality. Accordingly, Jack Welch’s drive to Six Sigma involved an intense focus on controlling costs, quality, and execution on both the infrastructure and behavioral sides (e.g.,

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Strategy Driven

MAY 6, 2011

Executives are not fully prepared to handle challenges of the moment, much less to begin developing Big Picture thinking. Seasoned executives face burnout daily. It may be: human resources, organizational development, training, technology, sales, marketing, advertising, public relations, coaching or financial management.

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Harvard Business Review

JULY 15, 2013

Our research, conducted in partnership with Harvard Business Review, The Economist, CEB (formerly the Corporate Executive Board), Intel, and TNS Global, finds that corporate leadership has lost confidence in the CIO as a strategic partner and views IT as a commodity rather than a difference-maker. Victorio M.

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Strategy Driven

JUNE 3, 2011

Executives are not fully prepared to handle challenges of the moment, much less to begin developing Big Picture thinking. Seasoned executives face burnout daily. Creative learning that helps executives think new ways. Ways to understand the organization’s people (its best resource) better. About the Author.

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